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i'm the only one that don't work ...I go to the mail box for that pension check once a month then catch a brady family rerun I go fishing ...and it's really big of a 39 year old man to invite a near 65 year old out for coffee ..... now big guy didn't "go threw the ice" he stepped on a hole .....(stepping in a hole ...no bun intended) and as far as sleds and 4 wheelers that's county and state property it's legal ......no my friend your problem is you can't catch fish ......I went threw your old post your about begging for info on how to do it ... with the award winning personality of yours i'm sure you'll get lots of invites if not I will be glad to take you out fishing right after that cup of coffee and I might even show you that hole big guy stepped in

Hold on now trap I'm recently retired so I know about the trips to the mailbox too! How do you think I have time to ice fish AND go to the country club? Ive fished Whitney Point a few times over the years and for my two cents don't think its worth the time already spent here arguing just why it sucks. Just my opinion though I guess some people catch a few fish there. I

Hold on now trap I'm recently retired so I know about the trips to the mailbox too! How do you think I have time to ice fish AND go to the country club? Ive fished Whitney Point a few times over the years and for my two cents don't think its worth the time already spent here arguing just why it sucks. Just my opinion though I guess some people catch a few fish there. I

I have fished it a bit my self and truth it's a nice local hole for people that are close ....and they call it the dead sea for a reason ..... it's a good place for a crappie derby where kids and families can have fun ... and welcome to the world of retirement ^5 I now have a part time job of keeping bigal and big guy out of trouble .....

Well on a lighter note.... I caught my PB white sucker at the derby if that's worth anything hahaha, 22" and 4lb. I've never caught a sucker through the ice so that was an experience on its own. Got it on a tiny tungsten jig with a 1" Berkley plastic too, seems crazy!

Hi there new to ice shanty. I'm from the Binghamton area and haven't been up that way in a couple weeks. Did they ever open keible Rd? And how was the ice on the channel? This rain and warm weather has really hurt the ice on the smaller pond I've been fishing lately. Was out last night and only 5 inches left! Rain today makes it a no go.

Hi there new to ice shanty. I'm from the Binghamton area and haven't been up that way in a couple weeks. Did they ever open keible Rd? And how was the ice on the channel? This rain and warm weather has really hurt the ice on the smaller pond I've been fishing lately. Was out last night and only 5 inches left! Rain today makes it a no go.

welcome to the site. The ice on the lake was 15 plus inches for the derby. As a public employee I was off today for the holiday and got back up to the lake. Too bad holeman had to work. 😁 The lake must have made more ice since Saturday as the holes from the derby were frozen back over. And yes, the back road along the lake has reopened but is not maintained. Oh yeah. My bucket wasn't empty today.

Well on a lighter note.... I caught my PB white sucker at the derby if that's worth anything hahaha, 22" and 4lb. I've never caught a sucker through the ice so that was an experience on its own. Got it on a tiny tungsten jig with a 1" Berkley plastic too, seems crazy!

Nice one Mack2..I have never got one through the ice. I heard the announcer mention about a big sucker being caught. I also heard there was some carp caught too. ...one really big one.

Did you win the $ money in the sucker division...or did they lump the suckers and carp in the same money pool?

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My boots on some ice...A line down a hole... Some fish on the screen....Winter is Good !!

welcome to the site. The ice on the lake was 15 plus inches for the derby. As a public employee I was off today for the holiday and got back up to the lake. Too bad holeman had to work. 😁 The lake must have made more ice since Saturday as the holes from the derby were frozen back over. And yes, the back road along the lake has reopened but is not maintained. Oh yeah. My bucket wasn't empty today.

Hey thanks for the answer. Glad you caught a couple. I'll be up this afternoon to give it a shot.

Well on a lighter note.... I caught my PB white sucker at the derby if that's worth anything hahaha, 22" and 4lb. I've never caught a sucker through the ice so that was an experience on its own. Got it on a tiny tungsten jig with a 1" Berkley plastic too, seems crazy!

was your sucker the one on the derby board until that big carp got hung up?

Trapper mentioned about the water releases & drawdowns being part of the problem with the crappie there...very good point. When I was talking to Ed at Davids Bait , I forgot that he mentioned about that might be in the petition too. He said there have been water release drawdowns at some critical times. He said that it is really harmful when they draw down the water at different ,critical times of the year after the spawn etc..... He said they have drawn down water in December too, leaving the shallows and shore line mud and weeds high and dry and susceptible to flash , then solid freezing , which is harmful to the bugs , and critters living in that mud, and roots of the plants.where the tiny young bait and crappie feed and hide come summer. I did not ask him who calls for the drawdowns...Army Corp ? not sure.

I also forgot to mention that the Broome Cty. area underwater rescue and ice rescue team was there at the crappie derby, giving demonstrations on ice safety and ice rescues and recovery....which hundreds of people found interesting, informative and i'm sure made some first time ice fishing families feel safer out there. Really nice of those guy's doing what they do, putting there lives on the line to save someone who might get in trouble out on the ice...at any time day or night.

Again, Great family derby,.... a few changes could be made as mentioned earlier... but the organizers did a great job trying to make most everyone happy . ...heck they even had 2 guys with power augers drilling holes for FREE for families, first timers who had no auger, anyone who could not start their auger, or others whose auger was to dull to cut !! They made announcement after announcement about that and they were running around all morning cutting hundreds of holes for folks!! Looking forward to next year even if the keeper crappie fishing is ...well...crappie.

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Just something to keep in the back of your mind... dams and reservoirs serve the primary purpose, aside from drinking water, of flood control and are typically managed as such. Recreational purposes like boating and fishing are important considerations, but are secondary to protecting the public downstream. The Army Corp doesn't give a rat's patuty about the bugs in the weed beds like we do... That's not really their job. Can't fault them for that- and since my family's farm is in the river valley downstream, I'm grateful that it is managed the way it is

How’s the rain been there today? Falling hard or just a moderate drizzle?

Not bad. A decent bit of water on the ice made for a fun walk but the rain was fairly light. 5 walleye one legal at 19". The ice was still solid and over a foot thick on the channel. This week's forecast has me worried though...

Just something to keep in the back of your mind... dams and reservoirs serve the primary purpose, aside from drinking water, of flood control and are typically managed as such. Recreational purposes like boating and fishing are important considerations, but are secondary to protecting the public downstream. The Army Corp doesn't give a rat's patuty about the bugs in the weed beds like we do... That's not really their job. Can't fault them for that- and since my family's farm is in the river valley downstream, I'm grateful that it is managed the way it is

that's exactly what it is for ! and I believe it was used to control the flow of water when loggers were drifting logs down the river to be picked up and shipped over seas years ago

I stopped my car last week in that pull-off overlooking the dam and saw a few guy's casting from shore a ways downstream of the spillway. Are the same walleye special regulations in effect there as they are in the lake ? { 18" and 3}

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My boots on some ice...A line down a hole... Some fish on the screen....Winter is Good !!

I stopped my car last week in that pull-off overlooking the dam and saw a few guy's casting from shore a ways downstream of the spillway. Are the same walleye special regulations in effect there as they are in the lake ? { 18" and 3}

Nope! It’s 15” and 5. I’ve heard of guys getting their limits quite a bit this season, too. It’s probably like a tsunami right now with all the water coming out of the dam, though.